History

A success story for more than 80 years

With 120 employees working in production and sales, a very efficient logistic system and a large assort­ment that includes more than 3,000 articles, BKN Strobel is one of Europe‘s leading nurseries specializing in container plants and roses.

  • 1927 Gustav Strobel founds the company Strobel & Co. in Pinneberg and produces bedding plants
  • 1951 Strobel & Co. takes over the success­ful French rose breeding company Meilland. Garden and green­house roses widen the range of products
  • 1963 The groundwork is set for the production of woody plants in containers
  • 1971 Hanns-Henning Kähler and Dieter Schakat found the nursery Kontor Nord in Rellingen
  • 1981 BKN purchases Strobel & Co.
  • 1987 Both companies consolidate to form BKN Strobel
  • 2002 BKN Strobel‘s new, state-of-the-art, future-oriented nursery opens in Holm
  • 2003 Environmental Award for Horti­culture from North Rhine-Westphalia
  • 2005 Hannsjörg Kähler and Hajo Stein­meyer become the Managing Directors of the company
  • 2006 BKN Strobel is granted the Taspo Award for the category “Nursery of the Year”
  • 2007 Taspo Award: “Best Marketable Plant Novelty” for the Eden rose
  • 2008 Taspo Award: “Best Internet Presence”
  • 2009 Award for a “Company with a World Outlook” by the Federal Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs
  • 2012 Launch of the new Website an several Brand-Microsites